Buffalo Business First reports:
The Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area picked up 2,300 private-sector jobs in the past year, the state Department of labor reported ThursdayOeThe unemployment figure for Buffalo-Niagara Falls (4.5%) is the lowest for the month of October since 2000 when the rate was 3.8 percent. Also, it is below the monthly statewide rate of 4.9 percent.